Educator.
Born at Ontario on 13 April 1875, daughter of Mary Donnelly (1852-1881) and Alexander McNab (1839-1901), she grew up at Brussels. She attained a Third Class Teachers Certificate (1894) and attended Normal School (1895) in Manitoba then taught at Hawkins School (1895-1899), Glenboro School (1904-1906, 1907-1913; Principal 1911-1913), Stockton School (1907), and boarded with extended family (1901) at Glenboro while likely teaching in the vicinity. She resigned from her post at Glenboro in early July 1913 and returned to Ontario where she lived with her sister Margaret. She died at Wingham General Hospital in Brussels on 18 January 1968 and was buried in the Brussels Cemetery.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
“The advisory board [Third Class],” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 1 August 1894, page 4.
“Normal School exams,” Brandon Sun, 4 April 1895, page 1.
“Local notes,” Glenboro Gazette, 4 July 1913, page 1.
Obituary, Glenboro Gazette, 29 February 1968, page 4.
“A look back at Hawkins School,” Glenboro Gazette, 24 October 2019, page 5.
Brussels Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 January 2026
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